Public meetings scheduled for Lower San Joaquin River Project

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District
Published May 31, 2023
Updated: May 31, 2023

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and the San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency have released a draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) and a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), respectively, for the Lower San Joaquin River Project, Reach 30L of Tenmile Slough (TS30L).

USACE and SJAFCA will hold a public meeting to explain the SEA and SEIR and solicit public comment in both virtual and in-person formats on June 26, 2023. The virtual meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. and can be accessed via web or phone at the following:

Meeting URL:            https://bit.ly/LSJRP-TS30L

Meeting ID:                898 6149 4998

Or call in (audio only) + 1 669 444 9171 (United States), Meeting ID: 898 6149 4998

Passcode: 172773

The in-person meeting will take place at the Residence Inn by Marriott Stockton, 3240 W March Ln, Stockton, CA 95219 at 6:30 p.m, also on June 26, 2023.

The public comment period for the SEA and SEIR extends from May 31 to July 17, 2023. Comments on the SEA may be submitted via email to spk-pao@usace.army.mil. Comments on the SEIR may be submitted to ceqacomments@sjafca.org. Please include “TS30L” in the subject line of the email.

Comments may also be mailed to:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District

ATTN: Public Affairs Office

1325 J St.

Sacramento, CA 95814

 

Or

 

Omar Al-Hindi, Executive Project Manager

SJAFCA

22 E. Weber Avenue, Suite 301

Stockton, CA 95202-2317

The draft SEA is available for review at https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/lower_sj_river/. The draft SEIR is available for review at https://www.sjafca.org/maps/lower-san-joaquin-river-project. Comments cannot be submitted on the website itself.

The TS30L levee is a dry-land levee located on the northwestern side of Stockton, bordering north and central Stockton. It extends just over one mile in length and separates the Brookside residential development on the east (landside) and the Wright Elmwood Tract, also known as the Sargent Barnhart Tract, on the west (waterside).

The purpose of the overall Lower San Joaquin River Project is to reduce flood risk for more than 162,000 Stockton residents by improving 23 miles of levee and providing two closure structures. The levee improvements include cutoff walls, deep soil mixing (seismic), a new levee, levee geometry improvements and erosion protection. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024 and be completed in 2037.


Contact
Jeremy Croft
916-717-4096
jeremy.a.croft@usace.army.mil
or
Kim Floyd
916-838-2666
kim@floydcommunications.com

Release no. 23-022